Oh mon Deiu! Today was the day that I went to the top of the Eiffel Tower! It was wonderful but it wasn't everything I imagined it would be would be, but more on that later. First off the earlier part of the day.
It started out with class and then off to a boulangerie where I got this hot dog with mustard in the hard burnt bread, I did not like it. We then make our way to the Bastille's July column which commemorates the second revolution. It is right near the center that class is held in. I would like to go back and go to the park that has the blocks that were discovered from the prison itself.
We were then off to one of the smaller island in the Seine River. I got to touch it today, it is a gross green/brown and it is very cool but with a light or fairly slow current. We found a library that looked like a castle and it had a cannon ball in it that was from the first revolution. And found the lock bridge that has thousands of locks on it that lovers carve their initials into it and then lock it together- to lock their love in the city of love. But we couldn't find any that were dated later than 2012 so that was disappointing to figure out that they must take them off to allow new room for new locks. After that it was time to go to the Eiffel Tower. However I and very very tired since it is 1 am where I am, so I am going to bed and I will make a separate post about the magic and wonderfulness that is the Eiffel Tower. But I will give you a picture or two that I took myself.
Jusqu'à demain
Bisous- Janice
Bastille July Column
Way up at the time you can see a
black dot that's the canon ball.
The Seine
Locks of love
View from the first stop
View from the very top
When it gets dark they light it
up on the hour for five minutes
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